The Cuban Embargo

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  • Esenhower approves an action plan against Cuba.

    Esenhower approves an action plan against Cuba.
    Eisenhower approves an action plan against cuba that would use powerful propaganda campaign to overthrow castro. it ended sugar purchase end of oil deliveries, continuation of arms embargo.
  • Kennedy Admin prohibits travel to cuba

    Kennedy Admin prohibits travel to cuba
    Kennedy bans traveling to cuba and he made made it illegal to make financial and commerical transactions with Cuba.
  • President Carter drops ban on travel to cuba

    Jimmy Carter stops the ban on travel to cuba, also US citizens spending dollars in Cuba. There was alot of issues that they ahd to take care of first, for example one was Cuban troops had to leave Africa.
  • Cuban Americans are allow to visit family in cuba

    Cuban Americans are allow to visit their families in Cuba. more than 100k visit that year, a few days later. Rep. Ted introduced unsuccessful legislation to end us trade embrago.
  • Reagan is inaugurated

    Reagan is inaugurated
    Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the president and starts up a very hostile policy against cuba because of the invasion at bays of pigs, tightens the embargo.
  • Travel Ban

    Travel Ban
    The Reagan Administartion reestablishes the travel ban. which makes it illegal for US citizens from spending money in cuba.
  • Reagan bans travel to US by Cuban

    Reagan bans travel to the US by Cuban government or Communist part. it makes it so students can not come to America either.
  • Mack Amendment

    prohibits all trade with cuba by susidiaries of US companies, outside of the US. aid to any country that buys sugar or other products from Cuba.
  • Cuban Democracy act

    Torricelli introduces the cuban democracy act, it was designed to "wreak avoc on the island" later in the year this act passed which was intented to bring down castro in weeks.
  • UN General Assembly

    the UN votes to end the embargo with cuba 101-2 to end the embargo.
  • Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity act

    This act imposes penalites on foreign companies doing business in cuba permits US citizens to sue foregin investors that due business in cuba.
  • Clinton admin approves license

    Clintion admin approves licenese for US news organizations to open bureaus in cuba.
  • Helms- Burton

    Clinton again suspends enforcement of title 3 provisions of helms burton act. also the organization americnas for humanitarian tradw with cuba. it was formed to promte trade with cuba
  • James Sabzali

    James Sabzali
    James Sabzali was found guilty of violationg the US embargo against cuba. He was put in jail for this act of trying to trade with cuba this was the only arrest of this kind.
  • Michael Enzi

    Michael Enzi
    This US senator Enzi made a thing called freedom to travel to cuba act. on the floor at the senate, he is trying to convince the senate to allow travel back into cuba